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Desert Chicory

By: Amanda H.

1. They live on gravel and sandy desert flats most of the time accompanying shrubs from 200 to 3,000 feet long.
2. The flower heads can be 1 to 1 ½ inches wide.
3. This flower is part of the Sunflower family.
4. This weak stemmed plant grows to be 6 - 20 inches tall.
5. The leaves around the base are 2- 8 inches long.

By: Kyle N.

1. It is found in the Sonoran and Chihauhauan Deserts.
2. It lives in 1,400 to 4,000 feet in elevation.
3. It has fruit.
4. It's called a Christmas Cactus because of its bright red fruits which provide a colorful contrast to the green cactus.
5. It grows fruit all year long.

By: Cheyenne N.

1. The Desert Dandelion is found throughout parts of the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin deserts.
2. It lives in open, sandy plains and washes below 7,000 feet.
3. These flowers bloom from March to June.
4. The Desert Dandelion can grow from 6 to 14 inches.
5. In spring this bright wildflower will form long, beautiful patches of gold across the sandy desert floor.

By: Jordan R.

1. The Desert Five–spot is known as the Lantern Flower and the Chinese Flower.
2. There are five spots around the middle of the flower.
3. This flower is part of the Mallow Family.
4. The desert five-spot grows March through May.
5. The petals open in the afternoon and close at night.

By Cierra M.

1. Globemallow live in Mojave and Sonoran deserts. They also live in Utah through Arizona to northern Mexico.
2. Bright orange or apricot, 5-petaled flowers bloom year round. They grow along the upper stem. They also can be white, pink, purple, and bluish hues.
3. Globemallows grow in clumps reaching a height of between 20 and 40 inches.
4. Many others know Desert Globemallow as Globemallow, Desert Mallow, Apricot Mallow, Desert Hollyhock, Mel de Ojo, and Sore-eye Poppy.
5. There are 9 species of Globemallow in California and 16 in Arizona.

By Mollie R.

1. The Desert Lily has six petals with a silver-green stripe on the back.
2. It has a bulb that grows a stem in spring that can be 1 to 4 feet high.
3. Desert Lilies grow clusters of long blue-green leaves just above the ground.
4. Its leaves are an inch wide in the beginning but can grow 8 to 20 inches long.
5. This lily was called the "Ajo (garlic) Lily", which was named by the Spanish, because of the taster of the bulb.

Name: Amanda D.

1. The upper petal has a yellow spot that changes to red after pollination.
2. When abundant rain falls Lupines spread all over.
3. Their leaves grow ½ inches to 1/8 inches long.
4. It is sometimes called the Coulters Lupine because bees love it.
5. There are 23 species in California.

By: Erica L.

1. They grow 10 to 30 inches tall.
2. It has hairy leaves which help keep it cooler in the desert sun.
3. It has single flowers that are one to two inches wide.
4. Birds eat the Desert Marigolds seeds in the fall.
5. They begin to flower in March and continue until November.

By: Melanie G.

1. They live in rocky, gravely mesas and plains between 1,000 and 6,500 feet.
2. They are white dish-like flowers with many petals.
3. They bloom March through August.
4. They are members of the Sunflower Family.
5. They are common spring wildflowers throughout North American deserts.

By: Amanda D.

1. They are 3 inches wide.
2. They are bright pink.
3. They are hairy, sticky creepers with stems trailing up to 3 feet.
4. They can carpet the desert after abundant winter rains.
5. They are 10 inches long.

By: Paige S.

1. They are a golden yellow color.

2. They grow on the ends of branches.

3. It can get to three feet high.

4. It lives on sandy, barren desert flats and roadsides below 3,000 feet.

5. It is slender and hairy.

By: Nick P.

1. Desert Willow live along creeks, streams, and banks.
2. Their fruit grows 4 to 8 inches long.
3. Their white and the edges are pink to purple.
4. Desert Willow lives along southern California to southwest Texas.
5. It’s an upright shrub and or small tree.

Name: Cheyenne N.

1. Devil’s Claw is also called "Elephant Tussles’ or " Unicorn Plant," according to the plant’s seedpod.
2. The perennial species have bright yellow flowers with shiny leaves.
3. The annual species have pinkish-purple flowers with leaves similar to the perennials.
4. The perennials have such large leaves so big bees usually pollinate them.
5. As the day progresses, the leaves will turn a complete 180 degrees.

Name: Alyssia F.

1. When the Dogbane is cut, the stems ooze a milky latex.
2. Dogbane means "poisonous to dogs".
3. They flower in late spring and through the summer.
4. Wasps and flies like to pollinate the flowers.
5. The Dogbane is also known as" Indian hemp."

By: Cadie C.

1. The older they get the pinker their petals get.
2. Their roots grow as wide as 40 inches.
3. It also has a sweet scent.
4. They grow in spring, after abundant winter rains.
5. They make the desert look like it is covered in tissue paper.